What Does it Cost to Implement a Business Intelligence Project?
Someone recently asked me through LinkedIn how much it would cost to implement a BI project with Microsoft tools. This...
2014-05-17
986 reads
Blog Posts
BASIC
It might or might not surprise you that I learned to code in Basic. I suppose my first real attempt...
2014-05-16
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Friday Followup For May 16, 2014
It’s Friday, time to look back at the most popular RealSQLGuy posts of the week. Because it’s Friday and you’re...
2014-05-16
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How SQL Server statistics are generated and updated
One of the easiest ways to increase query performance on your database is making sure your statistics are up-to-date. Statistics...
2014-05-16
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Reblog: May 9 to May 15
Photo credit – Husso
I’ve always been a fan of the feeling when I find an old blog post that’s got just...
2014-05-16
712 reads
Statistics Parser
A quick plug today for Statistics Parser by Richie Rump, a free web site that takes the output from “set...
2014-05-16
1,069 reads
The Tipping Point – by Malcolm Gladwell
The latest book that I finished reading was The Tipping Point, written by the Malcolm Gladwell. I would recommend this...
2014-05-16
185 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #54 - Interviews and Hiring
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Boris Hristov (blog/@BorisHristov) and his chosen topic is “Interviews and Hiring” – specifically interviewing...
2014-05-16 (first published: 2014-05-13)
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T-SQL Tuesday #54 - Interviews and Hiring
Well, it's that time again! It's TSQL Tuesday #54, and its about Interviews and hiring. I'm writing this free style...
2014-05-16 (first published: 2014-05-13)
3,771 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #54 – Interviews and Hiring
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Boris Hristov (blog|twitter) and his chosen topic is “Interviews and Hiring” – specifically interviewing and hiring...
2014-05-16 (first published: 2014-05-14)
1,760 reads
Blogs
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
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The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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Identities and Sequences III
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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